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2024 saw a huge anniversary for us – the 70th anniversary of the publication of Lord of the Flies and the publication of the very first graphic […]

Looking for gifts for book lovers this Christmas? Our guide to Golding’s incredibly diverse books will help you find a gift to suit any tastes! […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx has written a brilliant introduction to a new edition of William Golding’s  1980 novel Rites of Passage. This introduction, also […]

As part of Faber & Faber’s relaunch of Golding’s novels, new editions of Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below have just been […]

Registration is now open for the William Golding: Beyond Good and Evil Symposium! The symposium takes place on Thursday 8th April 2021, entirely on Zoom, […]

Round-up of William Golding in the news in October 2020! As many people continue to work from home, Zoom meetings and video calls are still […]

On 21st October 1980, forty years ago today, William Golding was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage. Golding was 69 and until 2019, […]

Updated for 2020! On 19th June 1993, William Golding died at his home in Cornwall, looking out of the window, perhaps watching the rise of the […]

The Australian author Thomas Keneally has named William Golding’s The Inheritors as one of the most ‘underrated books’ in an interview with The Guardian. Keneally won the […]

This is a guest post by Arabella Currie. Arabella is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Exeter, researching Golding’s engagement with Classics. […]